<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Lars, All:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You’re right on with your suggestions for ‘good boots’ (dry foundation) and a ‘good hat’ (healthy roof).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Massey Burke and I helped the Solar Living Center in Hopland, CA create a sound wall along Hwy. 101. It features gabions (wire cages filled with rocks) for a foundation, and corrugated metal roofing panels for a roof. In plan the wall has a small wave to it, which gives it strength. You can see the undulations in the attached photograph; captured at the right time of day this adds a bit of interest with the play of shadows. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The finish on this wall is a hand-applied stabilized earth (aka PISE) mix, which then cracked and was patched, for an interesting but in my opinion less than optimal look. Nonetheless, it’s been in service for over 10 years now. The gabions help it deal with potential flooding at the site, keeping the bales well above the highest potential water line. This project was permitted and approved by Mendocino County, the local AHJ, and FEMA, the federal flood authority. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David Arkin / CASBA</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="2F8D5A82-98A8-4AD1-8AC1-3C72EE2AAAA2" src="cid:C588EDD4-A22C-4956-BB5C-260F6F54D31F@Home" class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 21, 2019, at 5:41 AM, Lars Keller <<a href="mailto:larskeller@gmail.com" class="">larskeller@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><b class="">Hi all,</b></div><div dir="auto" class="">I have been contacted by an architect who is researching whether to use straw in a 900m long and 5meter tall noice barrier next to a road.</div><div dir="auto" class="">Provided there is a dry foundation and a healthy roof i think great yes.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">The architect would love to see, that it has already been done somewhere else in the world.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">I think its been dony many places.</div><div dir="auto" class="">Can anyone guide me to a good reference project ?</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Best, Lars Keller</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div>
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